Partners Hope Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821087348
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Missoula, MT, USA
Phone
4065323200
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nursing, Convalescent Facilities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,314,262
Expenses
$523,487
Assets
$15,771,601
Liabilities
$2,834,065

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AMANDA YEOMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • BETSY BACH (PRESIDENT)
  • ANNE MURPHY (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • AMANDA YEOMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $79,754 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To build and sustain a state-of-the-art hospice center that provides end-of-life care, education and support for our community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Partners hope foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit, is building a center for hospice and end-of life care in missoula that will offer services to all montanans. When open in 2025, the center will provide 24-hour dedicated hospice care, respite for caregivers, emotional and spiritual support for those dying and their families, and end-of-life education for the state. 2024 was a year marked with tremendous achievements. Some of our highlights include: - raised $14.6 million towards our $15.4 million embrace campaign goal. We have just $800,000 left to raise!- finished construction on the building and received coo on 9/11/24.- signed a contract with partners in home care to be the contracted clinical care provider at hhc on 12/30/24. - hosted our second annual celebration of hope gala supported by over 300 community members. - completed over 30 community tours which brought more than 400 people through the center.- selected first interstate bank as our primary bank and loan provider. - expanded our mission to serve all montanans.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 45
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 29.4%; rating input score 29
  • Program expense ratio: 61.6%; rating input score 62
  • Fundraising efficiency: $33.97 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 60.2%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 30.13; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.2%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 56.4% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 44.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 29.4% of revenue deployed · 61.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $322K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $80K · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 29/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.